Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1989, 8:07 PM CDT for Barton County, Kansas. It was in force for 68 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1989, 8:07 PM CDT (01:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1989, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Barton County, KS
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 8:50 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Barton, KS |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 127 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1720 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1650 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 8.4
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 5:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
KSZ013>015-262300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 459 PM CDT MON JUN 26 1989 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST KANSAS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS VALID OVERNIGHT. AT 450 PM CDT INTENSE STORMS CONTAINING SMALL HAIL, GUSTY SURFACE WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED 25 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA ON THE JACKSON ATCHISON COUNTY LINE. ANOTHER INTENSE STORM WERE 5 TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF MANHATTAN IN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY. IN GENERAL THE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED IN A 35 MILE WIDE BAND FROM ST JOSEPH MISSOUI TO MANHATTAN. THE OVERALL AREA HAS SHOWN LITTLE MOVEMENT DURING THE PAST HOUR. THE RESULT WILL BE HEAVY RAIN FALLING ONTO NEARLY SATURATED SOIL SOIL. SOME AREAS HAVE SEEN AN INCH OR MORE OF RAIN IN AN HOUR FROM THESE STORMS. IF YOU LIVE IN A LOW LYING AREA TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS. IT IS LIKELY THAT HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE IN NORTHEAST KANSAS OVERNIGHT. REPEATING A FLASH FLOOD WATCH AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ARE VALID IN NORTHEAST KANSAS AT THIS TIME. HEATHFIELD
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 5:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
KSZ013>015-262300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 459 PM CDT MON JUN 26 1989 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST KANSAS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS VALID OVERNIGHT. AT 450 PM CDT INTENSE STORMS CONTAINING SMALL HAIL, GUSTY SURFACE WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED 25 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA ON THE JACKSON ATCHISON COUNTY LINE. ANOTHER INTENSE STORM WERE 5 TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF MANHATTAN IN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY. IN GENERAL THE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED IN A 35 MILE WIDE BAND FROM ST JOSEPH MISSOUI TO MANHATTAN. THE OVERALL AREA HAS SHOWN LITTLE MOVEMENT DURING THE PAST HOUR. THE RESULT WILL BE HEAVY RAIN FALLING ONTO NEARLY SATURATED SOIL SOIL. SOME AREAS HAVE SEEN AN INCH OR MORE OF RAIN IN AN HOUR FROM THESE STORMS. IF YOU LIVE IN A LOW LYING AREA TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS. IT IS LIKELY THAT HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE IN NORTHEAST KANSAS OVERNIGHT. REPEATING A FLASH FLOOD WATCH AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ARE VALID IN NORTHEAST KANSAS AT THIS TIME. HEATHFIELD
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 6:07 PM CDT, 2 hours before
KSZ007-010-270000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 606 PM CDT MON JUN 26 1989 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 540... ...NORTH CENTRAL... PHILLIPS SMITH JEWELL REPUBLIC ROOKS OSBORNE MITCHELL REPEATING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 540 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE COUNTIES LISTED ABOVE. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES REMAIN IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 540 WHICH GOES UNTIL 10 PM CDT... ...NORTH CENTRAL... CLAY CLOUD OTTAWA WASHINGTON ...NORTHEAST... ATCHISON BROWN JACKSON JEFFERSON MARSHALL NEMAHA POTTAWATOMIE RILEY ...CENTRAL... BARTON DICKINSON ELLIS ELLSWORTH LINCOLN MARION MCPHERSON RICE RUSH RUSSELL SALINE ...EAST CENTRAL... CHASE DOUGLAS FRANKLIN GEARY LYON MORRIS OSAGE SHAWNEE WABAUNSEE ...SOUTH CENTRAL... PAWNEE STAFFORD SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE... ATCHISON CONCORDIA EMPORIA GREAT BEND HAYS JUNCTION CITY LAWRENCE MANHATTAN MCPHERSON OTTAWA RUSSELL SALINA TOPEKA BILLS
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 6:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
KSZ013>015-270000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 615 PM CDT MON JUN 26 1989 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST KANSAS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS VALID OVERNIGHT. AT 600 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS...ABOUT 30 MILES WIDE...NORTH OF A LINE FROM 22 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF JUNCTION CITY NEAR HERINGTON...TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MANHATTAN JUST NORTHWEST OF ALMA...TO 15 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA...TO LEAVENWORTH. THIS BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDED AN INTENSE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 27 MILES NORTHEAST OF MANHATTAN NEAR ONAGA...TO 10 MILES EAST OF JUNCTION CITY. THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF THE KANSAS RIVER HAS SHOWN LITTLE MOVEMENT DURING THE LAST 2 HOURS. THE HEAVY RAINS FROM THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS POSES A FLASH FLOOD THREAT. IF THESE THUNDERSTORMS CON- TINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...A FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS MAY HAVE TO BE EXTENDED INTO POTTAWATOMIE...JACKSON...NORTHERN SHAWNEE...AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM MANHATTAN SOUTHWESTWARD HAS BEEN MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT MORRIS AND WABAUNSEE COUNTIES BETWEEN 615 PM AND 700 PM THIS EVENING. MCNULTY
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.